House fire in Greene

GREENE, Iowa – Authorities in north Iowa were busy Tuesday morning battling a house fire.

Butler County law enforcement say it happened on the 200 block of North Water Place in Greene. Firefighters on the scene say flames were shooting from the back of the home when they arrived around eight.

The building is considered a total loss.

Nobody inside was killed, but the woman who lives there was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.